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Road book, Paterson's British Itinerary, including road strip maps with sections in Hampshire, scales about 2.5-3 miles to 1 inch, by Capt Daniel Paterson, London, 1785; published 1785-1807.

Published in 'Paterson's BRITISH ITINERARY Being A new and accurate Delineation and Description of the Direct and Principal Cross ROADS. of Great Britain IN TWO VOLUMES By CAPTN. DANIEL PATERSON, Assistant to the Quarter Master General of HIS MAJESTY'S FORCE. ... L O N D O N printed for and Sold by the Proprietor CARINGTON BOWLES, At his Map and Print-Warehouse, No.69 St. Paul's Church Yard. ... Published as the Act directs, 3 Jan. 1785.
The first edition has an overall map 'A New and GENERAL VIEW of the DIRECT ROADS OF ENGLAND & WALES as described in PATERSON'S British Itinerary'.
The strip maps are printed on both sides of the paper; each single page has 2 strips of road on one side of the sheet, numbered separately. Volume 1 pagination starts 1and2 on recto, 3and4 on verso, the highest number on the sheet is 4n, for n=1 to ... Volume 2 pagination starts with 1and2 on a verso page, the highest number on a sheet is 4n-2, for n=1 to ...; the strip maps are less basic than earlier strip maps; they are strips out of more normal topographic maps.

Published in another edition '... Printed for the Proprietors BOWLES & CARVER, London' 1793.
There were editions in 1796, 1803, 1807.
The sheets which show roads through Hampshire in the 1785 edition are listed below.
vol.1 pp.31/32 London to Portsmouth 'measured from the Stones-end in the Borough' miles 28 to 63; via Guildford, Godalming, Surrey; then Liphook, Petersfield to about Horndean, Hampshire.
vol.1 pp.33/34 miles 64 to 72 from London; via Cosham to Portsmouth, Hampshire; and London to Chichester; from Godalming, Surrey; to about Midhurst, West Sussex.
vol.1 pp.37/38 London to Poole, miles 22 to 56; via Bagshot, Surrey; near Farnborough, Hampshire; via Farnham, Surrey; Alton, to near Old Alresford, Hampshire.
vol.1 pp.39/40 miles 57 to 95 from London; via New Alresford, to Winchester, then Romsey, to about Ringwood, Hampshire.
vol.1 pp.41/42 miles 96 to 107 from London; via St Leonard's Bridge to Poole, Dorset; and London to Farnham; from Guildford to Farnham, Surrey.
vol.1 pp.43/44 London to Southampton, miles 58 to 76; from New Alresford via Twyford to Southampton, Hampshire; and an alternative route, miles 58 to 78, via Winchester, Hampshire; and London to the Lands End, miles 27 to 33; from Bagshot, Surrey; to beyond Blackwater, Hampshire.
vol.1 pp.45/46 miles 34 to 67 from London; via Hartfordbridge, Basingstoke, Overton, Whitchurch to Andover, Hampshire.
vol.1 pp.47/48 miles 68 to 101 from London; between the Wallops, Hampshire; via Salisbury, Wiltshire; into Dorset.
vol.1 pp.59/60 completing the road from London to the Lands End; and London to Exeter, 'the Lower Road', miles 46 to 57; from Basingstoke via Popham Lane, Hampshire.
vol.1 pp.61/62 miles 58 to 80+ at Salisbury, miles 0 to 10 from Salisbury; via Sutton Scotney, Stockbridge, Hampshire; Lopcomb Corner, to beyond Salisbury, Wiltshire.
vol.1 pp.67/68 completing London to Poole; from before Cranbourn, to Poole, Dorset; and London to Gosport, miles 48 to 49; from Alton, Hampshire.
vol.1 pp.69/70 miles 50 to 78 from London; via Filmore Hill, Wickham, Fareham, to Gosport, Hampshire; and London to Taunton and Exeter, miles 64 to 66; from Andover, Hampshire.
vol.1 pp.71/72 miles 67 to 100 from London; via Thruxton, Hampshire; to Amesbury, Mere, Wiltshire.
vol.2 pp.23/24 Bath to Salisbury and Southampton, miles 0 to 15+ to Salisbury, 7+ to 0 from Salisbury; via Wilton, Salisbury, Wiltshire; then Romsey, to Southampton, Hampshire.
In the 1785 edition, roads 'of Lesser Note, OR BRANCHES FROM THE GREATER, Are described in LETTER-PRESS to prevent the swelling of the Work to too great a Size.' These text descriptions are listed below.
vol.1 p.193 London to Chale, Isle of Wight; via Portsmouth, Hampshire.
vol.1 p.193 London to Havant; Petersfield, via Havant to Havant, Hampshire.
vol.1 p.195 (no route name); Christchurch, Dorset to Brockenhurst, Hampshire.
vol.1 p.195 London to Lymington; from Winchester, via Redbridge, Lyndhurst, to Lymington, Hampshire.
vol.1 p.195 London to Bishops Waltham; from Meonstoke to Bishops Waltham, Hampshire.
vol.1 p.195 (no route name); from Basingstoke to Kingsclere, Hampshire.
vol.1 p.195 London to Winchester by Basingstoke; from Basingstoke, via Popham Lane to Winchester, Hampshire.
vol.1 p.196 London to Odiham; from Hartfordbridge, to odiham, Hampshire.
vol.1 p.196 London to Downton; from Romsey, Hampshire; to Downton, Wiltshire.
vol.1 p.196 London to Fordingbridge; from Romsey, to Fordingbridge, Hampshire.
vol. p.37 Bath to Brighthelmstone and Newhaven; from Romsey, via Havant, Hampshire; then Chichester, West Sussex, etc.
vol.2 p.37 Bath to Winchester by Rumsey; from Romsey, to Winchester, Hampshire.
vol.2 p.37 Bath to Winchester by Stockbridge; from Salisbury, Wiltshire; via Stockbridge, to Winchester, Hampshire.
vol.2 p.37 Bath to Portsmouth; from Romsey, via Mansbridge, Wickham, Cosham, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.
vol.2 p.76 Oxford to Basingstoke by Newbury; from Newbury, Berkshire; via Kingsclere, to Basingstoke, Hampshire.
vol.2 p.76 Oxford to Chichester by Reading; from Reading, Berkshire; via Hartfordbridge, Hampshire; Farnham, Surrey; Midhurst to Chichester, West Sussex.
vol2 p.76 (no route name); Chichester, West Sussex; via Petersfield, Alton, Basingstoke, Hampshire; into Berkshire.
vol.2 p.79 Oxford to Winchester; from Aldermaston, Berkshire, via Baughurst, Popham Lane, to Winchester, Hampshire.
vol.2 p.81 Portsmouth to Salisbury; from Romsey, Hampshire; to Salisbury, Wiltshire.
vol.2 p.81 Portsmouth to Oxford; via Southwick, Wickham, Bishops Waltham, New Alresford, Hampshire; Aldermaston, Berkshire; to Oxford, Oxfordshire.
vol.2 p.81 Portsmouth to Chichester; via Cosham, Havant, Hampshire; to Chichester, West Sussex.
vol.2 p.81 Pool to Lymington; via 'Iford, Hants'; Milton, to Lymington, Hampshire.
vol.2 p.82 Reading to Basingstoke; via Whitley, Barkshire; Stratfield Turgis, to Basingstoke, Hampshire.
vol.2 p.82 Reading to Andover; via Aldermaston, berkshire; Kingsclere, Whitchurch, to Andover, Hampshire.
vol.2 p.87 Southampton to Gosport by the Ferries; via 'Itching Ferry, Hants', Bursledon Ferry, Titchfield, to Gosport, Hampshire.
vol.2 p.87 Southampton to Gosport; via Botley, Titchfield, to Gosport, Hampshire.
vol.2 p.91 Waltham to Odiham; via New Alresford, to Odiham, Hampshire
vol.2 p.92 Winchester to Portsmouth; via Bishops Waltham, Wickham, Southwick, Cosham, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.
vol.2 p.92 Winchester to Salisbury; via Romsey, Hampshire; to Salisbury, Wiltshire.
The general map in the 1785 edition implies that no Hampshire roads will be found in volume 2, but in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museums Service is a relevant sheet from the second volume, perhaps the later edition is arranged differently.
 
example:-  title page -- HMCMS:FA1999.25
inscription:-  printed -- Paterson' s / BRITISH ITINERARY / Being / A new and accurate / Delineation and Description / of the / Direct and Principal Cross / ROADS. / of / Great Britain / IN TWO VOLUMES / By / CAPTN. DANIEL PATERSON, / Assistant to the Quarter Master General of / HIS MAJESTY'S FORCE. / VOL. II. / L O N D O N / printed for and Sold by the Proprietor / CARINGTON BOWLES, / At his Map and Print-Warehouse, / No.69 / St. Paul's Church Yard. / ... / Published as the Act directs, 3 Jan. 1785.
inscription:-  printed -- bottom Tomkins scr. Ellis sculpt.
map type:-  HantsMap -- Paterson 1785
dimension:-  wxh = 11x18.5cm
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reference:-  Paterson, Daniel: 1785: Paterson's British Itinerary: Bowles, Carington (London)
Paterson, Daniel: 1793: Paterson's British Itinerary: Bowles and Carver (London)
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button  HMCMS:FA1999.27 -- strip map (vol.2 p.23/24)
button  HMCMS:FA1999.28 -- strip map (vol.1 pp.45/46,47/48)
button  HMCMS:FA1999.29 -- strip map (vol.1 pp.45/46,47/48)
button  HMCMS:FA1999.30 -- strip map (vol.1 p.61/62)
button  HMCMS:FA1999.31 -- strip map (vol.1 p.67/68)
button  HMCMS:FA1999.120.1 -- strip map (vol.1 p.59/60)
button  HMCMS:FA1999.120.2 -- strip map (vol.1 pp.69/70,71/72)
button  HMCMS:FA2000.35 -- descriptive text
button  HMCMS:FA2000.36 -- descriptive text
button  HMCMS:FA2000.38 -- strip map (vol.1 p.31/32)
button  HMCMS:FA2000.39 -- strip map (vol.1 p.33/34)
button  HMCMS:FA2000.40 -- strip map (vol.1 pp.37/38,39/40)
button  HMCMS:FA2000.41 -- strip map (vol.1 p.43/44)
MN: 22.12.2000
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